Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Do you remember when you were a kid and did the Weekly Reader presidential vote? Apparently since 1956 they have accurately predicted the winner of the presidential election. I remember doing this in 1984. Well, when I voted I had no idea who Walter Mondale was. I only knew who Reagan was and that my parents were not voting for him, which as a kid, you generally model you parents. So, I voted against Reagan. And we all know who won. Both my class and all of the Weekly Readers had predicted that Reagan would win.

This year, Weekly Reader is predicting that Bush will win. Now, is there any other type of publication that has that type of accuracy record?

Maybe I should start my own poll. Who thinks that Weekly Reader will accurately predict this years election?

Also - do you think that 4 years ago Weekly Reader accurately predicted that Bush would become president because he received the majority of the electoral votes (271 vs. 266) and Gore recieved the majority of the general votes(48.38% vs. 47.87%)?

3 comments:

No no no....it's not the Weekly Reader, it's football. Here's what I got in an email this week:Did you know that there is a 100% correlation between the Washington Redskins win/loss record and the outcome of the Presidential race?

Here's the story: For the past 60 years, if the Redskins win their last home game prior to election day, the party in power stays in power. Conversely, if they lose the game, the incumbent party is on the street.

Forget about depressions, forget about wars, forget about sex scandals, forget about the Electoral College. All you need to do is watch one football game every four years. This year the fate of the free world will be riding on the Redskins versus the Green Bay Packers on Halloween night.